Statutory Instruments
2011 No. 1441
Criminal Law
The Bribery Act 2010 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2011
Made
7th June 2011
Laid before Parliament
9 th June 2011
Coming into force
1st July 2011
The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 17(4) of the Bribery Act 2010( 1 ).
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Bribery Act 2010 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2011 and comes into force on 1st July 2011.
Consequential amendments
2. The amendments in the Schedule, which are consequential on the entry into force of the Bribery Act 2010, have effect( 2 ).
Kenneth Clarke
Secretary of State for Justice
Ministry of Justice
7th June 2011
Article 2
SCHEDULE Consequential Amendments
Extradition Act 2003 (Parties to International Conventions) Order 2005
1. In Schedule 1 (territories, conventions and conduct) to the Extradition Act 2003 (Parties to International Conventions) Order 2005( 3 ), in the two places in the table that they appear, for the words “1. Bribery” to “3. An offence under section 1 of the Prevention of Corruption Act 1906”, substitute “An offence under section 1 or 6 of the Bribery Act 2010”.
Public Contracts Regulations 2006
2. In regulation 23 (criteria for the rejection of economic operators) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2006( 4 ), after paragraph (1)(c) insert—
“ (ca) bribery within the meaning of section 1 or 6 of the Bribery Act 2010; ” .
Utilities Contracts Regulations 2006
3. In regulation 26 (criteria for rejection of economic operators) of the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2006( 5 ), after paragraph (1)(c) insert—
“ (ca) bribery within the meaning of section 1 or 6 of the Bribery Act 2010; ” .
National Assembly for Wales (Representation of the People) Order 2007
4. In article 117 (avoidance of election for employing corrupt agent) of the National Assembly for Wales (Representation of the People) Order 2007( 6 ), in paragraph (2), omit sub-paragraph (b) and the preceding “or”.
Criminal Defence Service (Funding) Order 2007
5. In Schedule 1 (advocates’ graduated fee scheme) to the Criminal Defence Service (Funding) Order 2007( 7 ), in part 6 (table of offences) following the entry for “Embracery”, insert—
| “ Offences of bribing another person | Bribery Act 2010 s. 1 | 2010 c. 23 |
| Offences relating to being bribed | Bribery Act 2010 s. 2 | 2010 c. 23 |
| Bribery of foreign public officials | Bribery Act 2010 s. 6 | 2010 c. 23 ” . |
Electricity (Competitive Tenders for Offshore Transmission Licences) Regulations 2010
6. In Schedule 8 (events of disqualification) to the Electricity (Competitive Tenders for Offshore Transmission Licences) Regulations 2010( 8 ), in paragraph 1, for sub-paragraph (e) substitute “doing anything which would constitute the commission of an offence under section 1, 2 or 6 of the Bribery Act 2010.”.
2010 c. 23 . Section 17(4) of the Bribery Act 2010 confers a power on the relevant national authority to make such supplementary, incidental or consequential provision for the purposes of the Act or in consequence of the Act; section 17(10) defines “relevant national authority”. The Secretary of State is the relevant national authority in relation to the provision made in this Order. The Order amends only secondary legislation, and is subject, therefore, by section 17(7) of the Act, to the negative procedure.
Section 19(2) of the Bribery Act 2010 provides that certain of its provisions came into force on Royal Assent (8th April 2010): the remaining uncommenced provisions of that Act, certain of which are relevant to this Order, come into force on 1st July 2011 by virtue of S.I. 1418 (C. 54) .
S.I. 2006/5 ; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2007/2157 , 2007/3542 .
S.I. 2006/6 , amended by S.I. 2007/2157 ; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.
S.I. 2007/236 , to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.
S.I. 2007/1174 , to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.